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JB
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william
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Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Wed May 25, 2005 6:01 am |
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you'd never get the wheels to grip...
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Wed May 25, 2005 6:04 am |
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aye some fancy facts there.
The new diesels run the pumps at over 1700BAR!!!! |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
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Wed May 25, 2005 7:04 am |
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read some other great facts about the discharge of the huge orange ext. fuel tank on the shuttle, during the firing of those engine.....ridiculous figures...see if i can find them
i am so impressed by 'large' technology like this..how it all works so well on such a volatile level. and amazingly, that engine was designed in the 70s. |
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Chris H
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Wed May 25, 2005 7:06 am |
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technology really has not advanced much lately.
Not the leap it took from 1800 - 1900 |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
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Wed May 25, 2005 7:13 am |
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Chris H
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Wed May 25, 2005 7:20 am |
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Wicked Neo
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Wed May 25, 2005 8:51 am |
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it will never fly . . . .
seriously thou what a buzz those astronauts must get when taking off with all that power under them.
i would love to know the cost of just test firing one of those engines and then imagine how much it costs to launch one . . . unreal |
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Benskett
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Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Posts: 570
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Wed May 25, 2005 8:55 am |
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R1916S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2005
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Wed May 25, 2005 12:39 pm |
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Yeah, just happened to be watching TV one morning in 1987 or so, when the the thing went bang, in direct live.
Sad |
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huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Wed May 25, 2005 1:45 pm |
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Anyone stood next to a Saturn 5 rocket? foooooooooooooooookin HUGE. Hard to convey the sheer size of it without actually seeing one up close. |
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Chris H
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Wed May 25, 2005 11:50 pm |
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Rolls Royce is just over the train line from us. They used to fire the jets up at 3am to test them, they woke everyoen up. Sounded lovely though! |
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JB
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Thu May 26, 2005 1:02 am |
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yeah..cant beat the sound of jet engines....i want one. |
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JB
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Thu May 26, 2005 1:03 am |
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on the subject of 'large' technology heres an old fav im sure most have you have seen, but still like looking at it:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
think they bother knife-edging the crank?  |
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JB
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Thu May 26, 2005 5:25 am |
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ooof look at the flame....imagine the noise of that fecker.  |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
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Thu May 26, 2005 5:30 am |
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator
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Thu May 26, 2005 5:34 am |
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JB
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Thu May 26, 2005 5:35 am |
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JB
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Thu May 26, 2005 5:44 am |
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gives u some scale |
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Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Fri May 27, 2005 12:03 am |
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imagine the head gasket on that 14cyl fecker, try using your chewing gum wrapper fix on that chris h! |
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JB
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Fri May 27, 2005 1:09 am |
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think chris would have to crack out the big guns.....pizza boxes! |
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